2025 Cohort
Meet our 2025 cohort founders.
The ventures that came through Building Our Tech in 2025 — spanning AI tooling, aviation marketplaces, Web3 education, sports tech, EdTech, MedTech, and extended reality.
In her words
What the cohort actually changes
Jena Mehlberg came in running a beauty business and left running it on pipelines, CRMs and AI agents. Her story is the clearest answer to what a cohort is for.
Read her full story2025
The founders
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Kimberly Small
FounderSnap2Case (opens in a new tab)A real-time error triage and resolution platform for software environments, powered by AI image recognition that turns screenshots into immediate solutions or IT tickets.
AI & DevOps -
Sophia Vazquez
FounderPilotPair (opens in a new tab)A flight sharing platform connecting pilots and planes, making hour-building more affordable through shared rentals and expenses.
Aviation Marketplace -
Nina Blankenship
Co-FounderDeFi All Odds (opens in a new tab)An educational tech platform that helps people identify and launch careers in the blockchain and Web3 ecosystem through assessments and learning opportunities.
Web3 EdTech -
Lisa Francoeur
Co-FounderDeFi All Odds (opens in a new tab)Co-founder of DeFi All Odds, and a BOT Pitch Competition winner.
Web3 EdTech -
Brando Caveiro
FounderGotGame (opens in a new tab)A hybrid sports and video challenge app enabling athletes of all levels to showcase skills, compete for prizes, form teams, and track progress.
Sports Tech -
Kelly Shea
FounderInnovation Station (opens in a new tab)An EdTech startup offering immersive, kit-based learning tools that guide children through invention cycles.
EdTech -
Daniel Tapia
FounderXR Community Library (opens in a new tab)A public library for extended-reality apps — an all-in-one web tool for finding, saving, and exploring XR experiences.
Extended Reality -
Jena Mehlberg
FounderCatalyst Beauty Group (opens in a new tab)Provides beauty professionals with business guidance to scale salons toward six-figure success.
Business Services -
Vanessa Saunders
FounderLet's VentAn AI-powered, CBT-inspired chatbot supporting mental wellness through structured emotional support.
Mental Wellness AI -
Andrea Bardales
FounderPured (opens in a new tab)A health-tech venture offering fast pathogen detection for water safety.
MedTech -
April Young
FounderContracts Are Us (opens in a new tab)An intelligent contract and procurement management platform using AI-based solutions for vendor and contract management.
Enterprise AI
What they went and built
The ventures on this page did not stop at the demo. Kelly Shea’s Innovation Station Kits ship as a real product — one of ten businesses this cohort took from idea to something you can hold.
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Could your venture be next?
The Bridge to Launchpad Incubator and the Launchpad Accelerator take applications on a rolling basis.